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but savannah, where they are right now does begin to matter. beginning today as many as 30 states are voting with absentee or early voting. iowa, the latest state to vote, early voting there begins today. >> all right. peter alexander in the battleground of virginia, thank you very much. >>> let us get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. >> good morning, everyone. a renewed search effort this morning for jimmy hoffa missing since 1975 as police sample soil from a driveway in suburban detroit. investigators are following up on a tip from someone who claims he saw a man who may have been hoffa being buried in that spot some 37 years ago. >> we believe he's credible enough that he believes what he saw. that something took place that day out of the ordinary. we do not believe it's jimmy hoffa. we are not making that assumption. the time line doesn't exactly add up. to be mr. hoffa. but we do believe that he may have seen a body being interred. and as a result of that, we did the ground-penetrating radar that showed an anomaly. >> he w
but savannah, where they are right now does begin to matter. beginning today as many as 30 states are voting with absentee or early voting. iowa, the latest state to vote, early voting there begins today. >> all right. peter alexander in the battleground of virginia, thank you very much. >>> let us get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. >> good morning, everyone. a renewed search effort this morning for jimmy hoffa missing since 1975 as police sample soil...
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that's a big hurdle right now for mitt romney. >> and what do you have coming up on "meet the press" this morning, david? >> the state of the race, governor chris christie, white house adviser david plouffe. >> david gregory, thank you very much. and, jenna, before i throw it to you, let me let you know once again we have a good crowd of soldiers here who have joined us at our location in kabul. it's okay to wave. and we're going to be talking to them and let them say hi to the folks at home later in the broadcast. for now, we'll send it back to you. >> lester, thanks. i love the fact they took the time to to make signs. they make signs wherever the "today" show goes. that's wonderful to see. lettser, thank you. >>> now let's head over to the news desk and craig melvin. good morning to you. >>> good morning, everyone. we start with some drama in southern california where work on tearing down and rebuilding the mulholland bridge overpass had to stop temporarily saturday when an old pillar from the bridge fell onto a new section. th is all part of the so-called carmageddon two weekend
that's a big hurdle right now for mitt romney. >> and what do you have coming up on "meet the press" this morning, david? >> the state of the race, governor chris christie, white house adviser david plouffe. >> david gregory, thank you very much. and, jenna, before i throw it to you, let me let you know once again we have a good crowd of soldiers here who have joined us at our location in kabul. it's okay to wave. and we're going to be talking to them and let them...
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republican nominee mitt romney is winning that battle. romney's campaign and republican party raised $106 million last month the president's re-election campaign raised 7 million -- 71 million. the deficit could hurt the president's re-election chances. >>> today president obama declared this is not the time to raise taxes on the middle class instead he wants congress to extend the bush era tax cuts for another year for people who earn less than $250,000 a year, but not for people who make more than that. american university professor, stein horn joins us always great to see you. >> great to see you shawn. >> mitt romney was quick to fire back saying the president's proposal will mean a tax increase for millions of families small business owners and job creators he is calling this a tax increase but residents want to draw a line where does this leave shim romney and gop. >> well, this is great position on both sides president obama's initiative will not get passed with republican house what he is trying to do is say i am on the side of th
republican nominee mitt romney is winning that battle. romney's campaign and republican party raised $106 million last month the president's re-election campaign raised 7 million -- 71 million. the deficit could hurt the president's re-election chances. >>> today president obama declared this is not the time to raise taxes on the middle class instead he wants congress to extend the bush era tax cuts for another year for people who earn less than $250,000 a year, but not for people who...
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romney and me. it ain't right. >> the economy is not working. immigration is not working. this president has not been working in the right way for the american people. it is time if that to change. >> romney in salem, virginia yesterday making his case during a campaign stop at i construction equipment company. the former massachusetts governor spoke about job creation saying obama has failed to deliver. virginia is considered a key battleground state for the fall election, a state that obama won in 2008. now, that may be one reason that romney could be looking to virginia governor bob mcdonnell as a running mate. yesterday on wtop's ask the governor, mcdonnell indicated he might be considered for the gop's vice presidential nominee. he refused to discuss the vp vetting process and referred questions to romney's campaign now that romney is openly vetting candidates. the change in tone suggests he could be one of those in the running. if romney asked, mcdonnell said he would certainly consider t as for the two candidates, expect things to heat up even more tomorrow when tha
romney and me. it ain't right. >> the economy is not working. immigration is not working. this president has not been working in the right way for the american people. it is time if that to change. >> romney in salem, virginia yesterday making his case during a campaign stop at i construction equipment company. the former massachusetts governor spoke about job creation saying obama has failed to deliver. virginia is considered a key battleground state for the fall election, a state...
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romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touch and wrong for women. . >>> we don't think the end of may as being baseball season. for the redskins, this is an important time, especially for the rookies -- rookies. dave ross has more now as to how they looked after another round of organized team activities. >> reporter: robert griffin 3 rome, we'll get to him in a moment. the other rookie quarterbacks managed to steal a spotlight by signing a piece of paper and we're talking about the round pick from michigan state officially becoming a member of the burgandy and gold. announcing it on twitter as everyone does. and going to the third round, joshua riverras from smu and rg3, expecting this to be a formality for this contract and he said the team gave him 100% of the playbook already and is comfortable with 50 to 70%. he enters -- with the redskins and the third year offensive tackle, coming off of -- suspected to en
romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touch and wrong for women. . >>> we don't think the end of may as being baseball season. for the redskins, this is an important time, especially for the rookies -- rookies. dave ross has more now as to how they looked after another round of organized team activities. >> reporter: robert griffin 3 rome, we'll get to him in a...
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obama has bragging rights over mitt romney's wife ann. the nielsen company says 4 million more people watched the first lady's convention speech than watched mrs. romney. >>> the social media presence at both the democratic and republican conventions is soaring compared to previous years. in 2008, twitter reported a total of 360,000 tweets. this year, twitter is almost at 9 million tweets for the two party conventions and is expected to pass 10 million by the time the democrats wrap up their convention tonight. >>> checking some of the morning's other top stories for you now, a 12-year-old boy from port washington has entered an alford plea to involuntary manslaughter in the beating case of a 2-year-old girl, a foster child living with his family. in return, prosecutors dropped the more serious charges of second-degree murder. the boy's plea was not an admission of guilt but, rather, an acknowledgement that prosecutors had enough evidence to win the case in court. that little girl was found unresponsive in herfoster family's home. >>> d.c
obama has bragging rights over mitt romney's wife ann. the nielsen company says 4 million more people watched the first lady's convention speech than watched mrs. romney. >>> the social media presence at both the democratic and republican conventions is soaring compared to previous years. in 2008, twitter reported a total of 360,000 tweets. this year, twitter is almost at 9 million tweets for the two party conventions and is expected to pass 10 million by the time the democrats wrap up...
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. >> all right, tom. thank you. >>> coming up, now polls reveal president obama and mitt romney running neck in neck in several key states. >>> and lawmakers in maryland take steps to keep potential employers from demanding your password. >>> i'm lindsay murphy. bringing you the story of a lacrosse team that is more focused on family. the story coming up. >>> and a beautiful evening out there and get ready for the weekend. soak in all of the good stuff, okay? a first look at the forecast and talk briefly about the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. stay with us. gorgeous camera shot out there. enjoy it. i'm telling you. the news will continue in a minute. . >>> the latest polls reveal what voters are focusing on. it's not president obama and mitt romney. they're focused on a gop game changer. craig bosswell explains. >>> during a trio of stops in arizona, mitt romney has a twofold mission. first, fire up republican supporters. >> freedom drives america's economy and that is why we will win.
. >> all right, tom. thank you. >>> coming up, now polls reveal president obama and mitt romney running neck in neck in several key states. >>> and lawmakers in maryland take steps to keep potential employers from demanding your password. >>> i'm lindsay murphy. bringing you the story of a lacrosse team that is more focused on family. the story coming up. >>> and a beautiful evening out there and get ready for the weekend. soak in all of the good stuff,...
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romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touch and wrong for women. >>> first it was a time magazine cover, now new controversial breastfeeding photos involving military moms nursing in uniform. warning, these photos may make some ofdown comfortable. this picture of two air -- some of you uncomfortable. this photo of two soldiers feeding at an air base has gone viral. >> it's sad that anyone in our culture could still be shocked by the very basic act of breastfeeding one's baby. women are allowed to eat in uniform. so if it's considered -- not considered unprofessional to feed one's self in uniform, it certainly can't be denied to feed one's baby in uniform. >> the women say they are proud of this photo and hope it encourages other women to breastfeed whether they're tiff duty, guard or civilian. >>> -- active duty, guard or civilian. >>> quenching your thirst with a ranch drink in new york city may not be an -- la
romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touch and wrong for women. >>> first it was a time magazine cover, now new controversial breastfeeding photos involving military moms nursing in uniform. warning, these photos may make some ofdown comfortable. this picture of two air -- some of you uncomfortable. this photo of two soldiers feeding at an air base has gone viral. >>...
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we'll be right back. ♪ n. mittney is jt so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>> do you remember this video? police say this canadian motorcyclist turned himself in. he was wanted after this youtube video with speeds up to 168 miles per hour. he probably went faster than that, because that's where the speedometer topped out. if convicted, he could spend up to five years in prison. >>> while that guy may be heading to jail, there's one man who doesn't seem to want to leave. this is rodney dwayne valentine. he's charged with trespassing at a county jail in north carolina. he was released from jail, but refused to leave unless authorities gave him a ride to a motel. so he plan
we'll be right back. ♪ n. mittney is jt so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>> do you remember this video? police say this canadian...
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you've inherit it had, right? the fact is the american people want results. president obama, you're fired. >> we reached out to the romney campaign for their thoughts on the video. we did not hear back. sources say that video, matt, was scheduled to air on the convention's first night, monday night. of course, that night never took place because it was canceled due to hurricane isaac, and the video was never shown. >> peter alexander on this. thank you very much. donald trump is joining us now by phone. mr. trump, good to talk to you. >> hello, matt. >> this idea, was it yours, the rnc? 's who came up with it? >> it was the rnc. they approached me about doing it. they very much wanted to do it. they had a great crew sent over, very professional, top hollywood people, and i think they did a very good job. >> yeah. why didn't they find a way to squeeze it in later in the week? i mean, there was a condensed schedule. monday night was a wash. were you surprised they didn't find a way to put this in tuesday or wednesday night? >> i actually was. came out very well
you've inherit it had, right? the fact is the american people want results. president obama, you're fired. >> we reached out to the romney campaign for their thoughts on the video. we did not hear back. sources say that video, matt, was scheduled to air on the convention's first night, monday night. of course, that night never took place because it was canceled due to hurricane isaac, and the video was never shown. >> peter alexander on this. thank you very much. donald trump is...
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let's give you a live look in right now. this is ann romney on the stage down in tampa right now. she went to this convention site earlier this evening to check out that podium she is speaking at right now. earlier in the day, she told reporters on the flight to tampa she was more comfortable in situations where she was speaking off the script than she is here delivering a speech. now the theme of this tonight is to introduce the american people to the mitt romney that ann romney says she has known for years. >> that is where this boy, i met at a high school dance comes in. his name is mitt romney and you should really get to know him. [ applause ] i could tell you why i fell in love with him. he was tall, laughed a lot. he was nervous, girls like that. it shows the girl is intimidated. he was nice to my parents, but he was also really glad when they weren't around. >> mitt romney is going to take that exact same stage on thursday night to accept the nomination for the republican national convention that he won today in a vote of the delegates. and shawn, we are expecting that mit
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so, i think it is really -- and of course, what is romney going to say yeah, that's right, of course he is going to have to come back and say yes, he is still on the list whether he is or isn't. no one knows. >> peter,. >> peter knows. >> what? are you holding back? >> the week after the president announces that he is going to put in place basically a version of the dream act which by the way rubio supported, and romney said he was going to veto, there is a little concern amongst the romney camp about the hispanic vote. the notion which probably, i hate to say it, probably what was going on, he was not asked for any of this, but let me tell you this week he was asked. i mean it was not like jim says you are not going to say he is off the list. that would be -- >> ease personally right now. >> -- especially right now. >> right. >> you know, i think romney is being a little too -- >> i don't want to dwell on it too much one reason i ask does it matter rubio pretty much made it clear he is not interested he wants to remain in senate, et cetera. >> you know, everybody is going to say tha
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has your forecast today julie wright a look at the roads when we continue fox 5 morning news will be right back ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. this week get whole seedless watermelons fresh off the farm for only $2.98 each. skip the warehouse. charmin fresh off the farm foare just $11.99.h. and kellogg's frosted flakes are a buck 88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> all right we don't want to spoil anything for you. turn away for 20 second
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. >> all right. good morning, matt, savannah and al. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing president obama opening up a five-point lead over mitt romney among likely voters and the president responded on letterman to romney's secretly recorded remarks that half of americans think they are entitled to support. the president said if you want to be president, you have to work for everybody. romney not apologizing, elaborated on his own remarks last night saying when people are in distress, quote, we give them temporary help and pull them back up but we don't believe in redistribution. >>> it's back to school again for some 350,000 students idled by the chicago teachers strike. union delegates agreed tuesday to suspend their seven-day walkout and put a proposed contract to a full membership vote. strike issues included teacher evaluations, the length of the school day and job security. >>> people along the east coast are cleaning up this morning after powerful storms downed trees and power lines last night dumping heavy rain fro
. >> all right. good morning, matt, savannah and al. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing president obama opening up a five-point lead over mitt romney among likely voters and the president responded on letterman to romney's secretly recorded remarks that half of americans think they are entitled to support. the president said if you want to be president, you have to work for everybody. romney not apologizing, elaborated on his own remarks last night saying when...